River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-03
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The following are the Milwaukee grain
quotations: Wheat-No 2. 70l4070lac.
/ Lorn-No. 3, 39l2c. oats-No. 2. Use. Rye
No. /, 52c Barley, zoe
The potato crop was an entire failure in
many parts of the S.ats.
Wildcats are uncomfortably numerous in
he vicinity OF Tornado, Door County.
Articles of association were filed in the
Z Secretary of States office In Madison recent
" by the United States Company, with a
capital stock OF so 900 600. The head
quarters are esta Ills ed at Milwaukee. The
object is to do a sneral real estate mining
and manufacturing business. operate tele-
graph tines and deal in stocks.
Five incendiary res in ten days is the
record at Broadhead, Green County. Judd
Bowen's was the worst his loss being 81,
600
The directors of the Monona Lake As
sembly met in annual session at Madison
recently The total receipts at the last en-
c lmpment were s., 42s, and disbursements
/ SIS, 81. The total assets of the association
are Sis, 500, and liabilities 50, 920
freight train and two engines on the
Nor hwestern road We're completely wrecked
by a coll sion ab Saopiere, Rock County,
early the other morning.
Governor Rusk has appointed the follow
ing delegates for Wisconsin to the National
( Farmers Congress to meet in Chicago: Clin-
t0nBabhitt BeIoit IL c. Adams, Madison;
A A. Arnold, Galesville; George g. Cox,
Mineral Point; W. ID. Hoard, Fort Atchin-
son; l. Newton. Beaver Dam; John l. Mitch
ell, Milwaukee,; Rufus b, Kellogg, Green
Bay; l. C. Stanley Chippewa Falls; ]. II.
Foster, Koro; John NJ. True Baraboo, and
s G. Carr, Milton Junction
I
caused a loss OF 5000. 900. and forty build
/ ings, including TWO hardware stores three
I grocery stores, one meat market, three dry
goods stores and two iewelry stores, two
blacksmith ana wagon shops six private
res .dences, three saloons and other business
buildings We're swept away The list of
losers numbered about sixty.
i l. T. Parker, of Chippewa Falls, has made
a contract for the cutting and banking of
I twenty-five million feet of logs this winter
along the Fiambeau river, an important
tributary of the Chippewa. This is the
heaviest single log contract made this win
4 ter
Richard Jones, of Bayfield,, overseer of
highways cut bis throat the other morn
ing
X. o. Lollegarden, formerly a prosperous
merchant of B4ue Mound, was sentenced at
Madison recently to State prison for four
years for forgery
I A fire in Washburn the other day de-
stroyed the saloon and dwelling house of
]. b. Hubert The occupants barely es-
capped with their lives Loss, 50, 500 in
surance, s.. 200.
The other morning James Hassett, a
farmer, sixty-five years of age, residing in
Fitchburg Dane County was thrown from
a load of corn-stalks by a sudden start of
the team and his neck broken Death
quickly ensued
Lewis Massey, the first white settler OF
Hudson, died at the county poor-farm the
other day. He was born in 1898.
The largest chair factory in Wisconsin,
the Sheboygan Manufacturing Company's
! works at Sheboygan were closed recently
/ by the sheriff on executions aggregating
100000 Seven hundred persons were
thrown out of work
Circulars have been issued for a conven-
ton of fourth-class postmasters of the
Eighth Congressional district to be held in
Eau Claire November 8. The Object is to
move for a petition to Congress for a re-
moval of the unfair discr limitations against
post-offices of the fourth class
Edward s Chadwick, a Beloit attorney,
I was found to be insane few days ago.
His mind seemed to run on religious
topics and he imagined himself various
Bible characters.
Miss Jennie BurnbHry, whose parents re-
side at Barneveld, Iowa County, died on a
train the other night near Galena, ILL., She
was vict m OF consumption.
Tho extensive lumber firm of Bradley
Bros, of Milwaukee, has arranged to cut
and bank from ten million to twelve million
Z feet nf l0ng on thar aN-fa cir min fran
along the north fork of the Flambeau river.
Burglars entered the house of Mrs limo
thy Brown, at Madison, the other evening
while the family were at supper and capt
urad diamonds and clothing amounting to
several hundred dollars
At Chippewa Falls boys found loafing on
the street during school hours and unable
to give a satisfactory reason therefor are
taken in charge by the city marshal
Ten fine horses were burned at Horizon
marsh the other night. The animals We're
owned by Appleton and Oshkosh parties,
engaged in cutting the hay from the dried
up marsh An overturned lantern in barn
did the work. Ont of eleven horses one
was saved
One thousand hogs were slaughtered and
packed at the packing houses in Jefferson
this fall
A ten-pound lump of copper was recently
found imbedded in the roots of an upturned
tree at Pimbine, Brown County. 1t was pro-
posed to sink shaft and ascertain if there
was deposit of the mineral near that place
Consid rable excitement was created at
Eau Claire the other day by the reported
discovery of gold one mile from the west
bank of the Chippewa river, and about fif-
teen miles from its mouth Specimens
We're of high value, and mining company
would be formed
A tramp at Medford shot at Mrs. W. I.
Winch wife of the county clerk, few days
ago as she sat in her room, but she was not
injured
Farmer Pauly, of Truax Prairie, brought
ton and half of hay to Eau Claire on
81 ighs the other morning.
The Commercial House at Janesville was
destroyed by fire the other morning. The
furniture was removed The building was
owned by G. A. Davis, and was uninsured.
Loss, 81. 1000
Rood & Maxwell, of Washburn, heavy
lumbermen, were closed the other
day on an attachment issued by
the Third National Bank OF St
Paul, to secure an advance of S20S. 600.
There was considerable excitement at w sh-
burn, as over two hundred men were
thrown out of emp oyment The liabilities
would reach $45O.OO0 The firm claimed
they could wipe out every claim and still
be worth 100000
There was great excitement few DAYS
ago in society circles at Waukesha over the
sequel to the wedding of Miss Jennie NJ
Jones and Eugene Charles Mason, which
occurred recently. 1t turns out that the
groom was married man whose real name
WIS Converse, and that he is accused Of
stealing 81, 600 from his former employers
at Battle Creek, Mich. He is now in jail at
the latter place
Thomas II. Clark, builder, who for the
past two seasons has had the leading con-
tracts Tor city building at Plymouth, fed a
few days ago, leaving imp i'd bills for help
and material to the amount of nearly ST.
600
Dogs have caused the death of n number
of sheep in the neighborhood of Sullivan
during the past few nights
I Joseph Schoenleber, a shoemaker aged
ffey-seven years, died suddenly in Milwau-
kee the other evening He had been mar
ried the previous day TO a young girl of
twenty-four years
At three o'clock the other morning the
I Crosby Hotel at New Lisbon was burned
down. 1t was full of guests at the time, but
all escaped with their baggage.
Miss Gertrude Rogers, president Of the
+ Woman's Auxiliary Corps OF the G. A. r
I OF Wisconsin. recently visited Waukesha and
/ organized an auxiliary corps for W. b.
Cushing Post with about forty charter mem
I hers